Opinion

Iran was bombed, what comes next?

ON MARCH 17, my article in New Age posed a fateful question: ‘Will Iran be bombed or have a bomb?’ It concluded that the failure of diplomacy would force a

Social media-based journalism in Bangladesh

DURING the 1990s and afterward, with the widespread introduction of computers in the media and the use of satellite TV and radio, a vast number of people have entered the

Right to return home

Suborna Akther Laboni : A MAN lost his life October 26 after a bearing pad from Dhaka Metro Rail fell from an elevated pier, another headline, another tragedy, another moment

Israel-first Jewish Americans plan

THE nature of the United States’ relationship with Israel defies logic and reason. It is a parasitic one-sided benefit, entangled in the tentacles of organised influence, manipulation, financial power, and

Peace summit is no guarantee for peace

THE recently concluded Gaza peace summit, sponsored by US president Donald J Trump before a US-Israel-imposed 20-point Gaza peace plan championed by the fragile peace initiative, was signed by the

Gaza’s triumph of spirit against genocide architecture

by Ramzy Baroud : FOR the last two years, my social media algorithm has been relentlessly dominated by Gaza, particularly by the voices of ordinary Gazans, displaying a blend of

A Gaza gambit: the art of the doomed deal

I AM rarely surprised by anything Trump says anymore. There is no lie too transparent to stop him — remember ‘sunny’when it was overcast? Or his absurdly erroneous claims that

Turning livestock into climate solution

SM Rajiur Rahman : THE global call for sustainable food systems resonates powerfully through this year’s World Food Day theme: ‘Hand in hand for better foods and a better future.’